Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-11-24
A Glance at our Situation and Con
trast.

News of purely local nature is, this
week, somewhat scarce. Business, gen
orally, appears to be revivins il Lewis
ton and we predict for our merchants a
satisfactory winters trade. Since the
first CT October an immense amount OF
merchandise has left this city for inland
points of trade and freight wagons ere
daily seen upon our streets, loading tor
transportation to. AsotiD, Uniontown,
Genesec, Julietta, Cameron, Pierce City,
Cottonwood, Grangeville, Mt. Idaho,
Florence, Wa,rens and other interior
towns The jobbing trade of Lewiston
is constantly increasing and must, even
tually, assume vast proportions. The
situation of the place renders it the
natural and inevitable supply depot for
large extent Of country. At present,
our market quotations have but slight
effect upon the Board of Trade of such
commercial centcrs as New York, st.
Louis, Chicago and Occur dAlene
City, but future events will develope
the fact of our real greatness, in bust
ness point of view. Our climatic ad
vantages have already become proverbial,
and in the production Of fruits, We are
not excelled by any of the tropical
utopsas of the California fruit paradise
At this date--the November Thanks
giving day of 19S7-we are reveling ii
the balmy sun of an, Iowa, june or Of a
Minnesota, Fourth of July. Our cucum
5 Der and melon vines have just begun t.
wither and ice water, as q beverage o
refreshments, is not uncommon to ou
people. While the school children o
Kansas, Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois
8 Michigan, Wisconsin and the eastern
/ states are sporting upon the frozen creek
. and rivers, and building their snow fort
and wagins, an imaginary warfare agaius
= each other with snow balls as weapons
-FOUR Idaho school ground amusemen
continue to be, marbles, mumblcpee
y base ball, pitching quoits end sailin
Q miniature water craft in the silent brook
}, which bubbles and bubbles beneath tn
"a green willows, just back Of the schoe
: play ground. Pears, apples, bananas
oranges and lemons are daily seen in tn
}, open door stands of our fruit vendors, Il
o gethcr with other summer luxuric'
i. while our fellow citizens feast Of tn
Rockies are toasting their shins agains
a perpetual "coal burner" or drawing tn
q frost out Of their heels over blazin
'e fire place. Our farmers are engaged
!, plowi g and preparing their ground Il
d another crop, while our eastern brother
are shivering over water hole CT
through two feet Of ice, whence the
at must drive their animals for drink,
lie are sleeping under nine blankets and
20 feather bed to prevent the blood cor
!. gealing in their veins. Again We a
- :: troubled with neither anarchists,
III earthquakes; no tree and house splittil
ut lightning or terrorizing thunder;
ly tidal waves, tornadoes, typhoons,
he ''tramps;" no spring poets or writers
:, beautiful snow" We have few dealt
" and no designations. We have oaly q
is congressman, at time, and not enout
e of him to hurt We have a capt.
in building, penitentisry and lunatic asylul
at but they belong to the South part of Il
!, territory, where such institutions a
~ necessary. In the North, we ha
ng churches, colleges and schools. We al
We have petitions in circulation to be a
lot nexed to Washington Territory and
N. expect congress to set us over there Il
winter.